For Immediate Release: July 20, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 Democrat ‘jobs’ policies bring few to WI, but record numbers to Washington (Green Bay, WI) – Earlier this week Politico ran an article detailing economic growth and federal spending in Washington, D.C since the beginning of the recession. To paraphrase authors Jim VandeHei and Zachary Abrahamson, new regulations and expansion of the federal government, pushed by...

For Immediate Release: July 8, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 Ribble Gets Over Twice the Number of Signatures Required; On The Ballot For Wisconsin 8th Congressional District Race The Reid Ribble Campaign for Congress officially submitted nomination papers to the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. Ribble submitted more than twice the required amount of signatures to place his name on the ballot for the Eight Congressional...

For Immediate Release: July 6, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 Today, former State Senator Joe Leean of Waupaca endorsed Reid Ribble, a candidate for the Republican nomination to replace Steve Kagen. “Reid is by far the best candidate for the Eighth Congressional District seat, “ said Leean.  “We need a representative in Congress who knows how to work, knows how to create jobs, has community service accomplishments and family...

For Immediate Release: July 6, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 Today, Wisconsin Right to Life endorsed Reid Ribble’s campaign for Congress against Dr. Steve Kagen. “I am deeply privileged and honored to receive this endorsement. Wisconsin Right to Life has a proven track record of defending life, from conception to natural death,” Ribble stated. Ribble has actively participated in religious and philanthropic organizations –...

For Immediate Release July 2, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Labor released their monthly unemployment numbers, showing that the U.S. economy shed 125,000 jobs in June. However, the unemployment rate dropped to 9.5 percent from 9.7 percent in June. This drop is largely attributed to the amount of discouraged workers who stopped looking for work. “The latest unemployment report shows exactly how...

For Immediate Release: June 30, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 President Obama visited the Racine area today to discuss his plan to create jobs and grow the economy in Wisconsin and the rest of the country. “After being in office for over 18 months, passing the $787 billion “stimulus” package and massive omnibus spending bills, Wisconsin has lost over 72,000 jobs, and President Obama, Steve Kagen, and other congressional...

For Immediate Release: June 24, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 Last week, Dr. Steve Kagen announced his support to help small businesses by lowering their tax requirements and easing their access to credit.1 It’s interesting to see Kagen aiding Wisconsin small business, because since Kagen was elected in 2006, federal figures show that Wisconsin has actually lost 6,700 businesses.2 In contrast to the last four years, before Kagen...

For Immediate Release: June 22, 2010 Contact: Kerry Niemcek (920) 499-4000 Congress: We Won’t Pass A Budget This Year More “fiscal responsibility” from Washington we simply cannot afford House Democrats will announce later today that they intend to not propose a budget resolution – the first time since the 1974 Budget Act was signed into law. Instead, they plan to offer a “functional equivalent” of a regular budget...

Monday, March 22, 2010 By Tim Ryan, Leader Reporter for the Shawano Leader The passage Sunday of a historic health care reform bill in the House of Representatives was met with a swift response along party lines as Democrats celebrated the measure and Republicans attacked it. U.S. Rep Steve Kagen (D-Appleton) said the vote would begin to fix what is broken in the health care system and improve on what’s working. “With tonight’s...

The Lakeland Times December 31 2009 Fox Valley businessman works to unseat Kagen; Republican running to unseat incumbent in Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District By Joe Van DeLarrschot of the Lakeland Times Reid Ribble decided last July that the time had come for him to stop complaining about how our federal government is being run and instead try to do something about it. “My son and I were talking and he heard me complaining about our...